EIJI OHASHI

It was during his ascent of the Himalayas, in his late twenties, that mountaineering enthusiast Eiji Ohashi discovered photography. Born in Hokkaido Prefecture in 1955, Eiji worked until the age of 54 as an employee selling insurance for the Japanese Post Office. But his passion for photography already led him to travel to Tibet, and other regions of western China, Nepal and Pakistan. As an amateur photographer, he has published 2 books: Silkroad in 2003 and Nirvana in 2006.

It wasn’t until 2010 that he decided to become a full-time photographer. Since then, his main subject has been vending machines. “The reason I take a picture of a vending machine is because it gives us hope and inspiration when we see shiny things in the middle of a dark night.”

Eiji Ohashi published Merci , Being There and Roadside Lights in 2017. The latter was awarded the prestigious Higashikawa Prize in 2018.

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It was during his ascent of the Himalayas in his late twenties that the mountain climber Eiji Ohashi discovered photography. Born in the prefecture of Hokkaido in 1955, Eiji worked until the age of 54 as an employee selling insurance for the Japanese Post Office. But his passion for photography was already driving him to travel to Tibet and other parts of western China, Nepal and Pakistan. As an amateur photographer, he has published 2 books: Silkroad in 2003 and Nirvana in 2006.

It wasn't until 2010 that he decided to become a full-time photographer. Since then, his main subject has been vending machines. 'The reason why I take a photo of a vending machine is that it will make us see hope and inspiration when we see shiny things in the middle of a dark night.'

Eiji Ohashi published Merci, Being There and Roadside Lights in 2017. He was in fact awarded the prestigious Higashikawa Prize in 2018.